The board of Keystone Investment Trust plc announced the appointment of Mrs. Karen Brade and Mrs. Katrina Hart as non-executive directors of the company with effect from January 18, 2018. Peter Readman, who has been a non-executive director of the company since 1993, will retire from the board on the same date. Mrs. Brade has over 25 years of investment experience in a range of sectors and markets, and is an experienced non-executive director. She began her career at Citibank working on multi-national project finance transactions. Mrs. Brade does not currently hold any of the Company’s ordinary shares.